ASLA UTAH MARCH 2022 NEWSLETTER

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE!! ASLA Utah Annual Conference
September 8th & 9th
More Detail Coming Soon!

WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MONTH
Saturday, April 23rd, 9am-10:30am
T.John Labrum Memorial Park, 6020 S 1900 W. Taylorsville RSVP HERE

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! ASLA UT Executive Committee Open Positions: Pres. Elect, Secretary, VP of Marketing/Visibility, VP of Membership. Contact: Jake Powell, jake.powell@usu.edu

CALL FOR ENTRIES ASLA Utah Professional Awards Entries due 5:00 pm Friday, June 24. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Leadership Express

Adam Castor, Chapter President

Greetings ASLA Utah,

I hope that this finds you all doing well and enjoying some time outside in this nice spring weather that we have had. It’s hard to believe that we’re already at the end of March, but with World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) and the celebration of Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday coming up in April, we’re looking forward to some opportunities to get outside again and celebrate landscape architecture.

Also, there is an opportunity to meet up at Red Butte Garden in April for a bicentennial celebration of Frederick Law Olmsted, America’s foremost landscape architect. Spend an evening learning about Olmsted’s consequential design imprint on America’s landscape, as well as his numerous contributions as an author and conservationist. This event will also feature lectures from AIA Fellow, David L. Hart, and Cynthia Bee, award-winning public speaker and sustainable landscape expert.

Student Awards. On Tuesday the annual student awards jury was held for Honor and Merit awards. I was fortunate to be asked to participate on this jury again, along with David Anderson and David Evans from the USU LAEP department, Hailey Wall from LOCI, and Kyle Funk from Loft 6/4. This year there were two nominees from the graduate program: Lloyd Sutton and Derek Johnson; and three senior nominees from the undergraduate program: Hallee Kinikin, Nairoby Jemenez, and Nikki Holbrook. All of the nominees were required to submit a two-minute video and their portfolio, which were all very well done. It is great to see the amazing quality of work that is coming out of the LAEP graduate and undergraduate programs, and I am looking forward to presenting the awards at the awards banquet on April 15th in Logan.

Now for some ASLA National News:

APRIL IS WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MONTH! For #WLAM2022, we explore: What is landscape architecture? What does landscape architecture mean to you? ASLA invites you to post your answers on your social media channels throughout the month of April. And since this year, on April 26th, we’ll celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday feel free to incorporate his legacy into your answer. By the end of April, ASLA National will identify the top five posts based on the number of Likes and Comments, but make sure you tag your post with the hashtag #WLAM2022 so it can be tracked. All details and images can be found at: https://www.asla.org/WLAM2022

NEW ASLA iAdvocate 101 – Amplifying Your Voice. Do you want to learn more about making your voice heard with legislators on Capitol Hill or in your State Legislature? Do you have questions about ASLA’s iAdvocate network or just want to learn more about our indispensable grassroots technology? If so, please join the ASLA Government Affairs team for a webinar – ASLA iAdvocate 101 – on Wednesday, April 6, at 1:00 pm MST. The government affairs team will discuss the why and what of our grassroots advocacy system, and who can join iAdvocate. The team will also address how chapters can use the iAdvocate for state grassroots campaigns. All ASLA members are invited to join. REGISTER HERE

Member Discounts. Did you know ASLA has a bunch of discounts available for members to help with their practice/office needs? Our affinity partnerships provide member discounts for things like practice insurance, home and auto insurance, medical insurance group rates for small business/sole-proprietors, cyber insurance, discounts for purchases from Office Depot/Office Max (download the membership card from our page) and more. All can be viewed here after you login on asla.org. Members that take advantage of these offers can pay their membership dues on the savings alone.

State Government Affairs As of March 14, thirty-seven states are convened for legislative session. ASLA staff is tracking 180 occupational licensing bills. The State Government Affairs team continues to work closely with several chapters on legislative advocacy initiatives. More information on state licensure and legislation can be found HERE

The State Government Affairs team joined CLARB to host a quarterly Web Licensure Summit on Thursday, March 10. Nearly 60 individuals received a report on recent legislative activity and heard an update on CLARB's Uniform Standard recommendation. The web summit also provided information on the newly launched Women of Color Licensure Advancement Program.

As always, please feel free to reach out to me or anyone on the executive committee with questions or thoughts.

Cheers! Adam Castor, Chapter President

World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM)

Aaron Johnson, VP of Visibility & Public Affairs

World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) is here! Every year in April National ASLA, in conjunction with the state chapters, launches a large media campaign to promote the profession of Landscape Architecture through social media, community interaction, print media, interviews and volunteer activities. The Utah Chapter of ASLA is excited to participate and we have a great plan to promote our wonderful profession!

This year for WLAM we will provide a series of Instagram posts and stories highlighting the history of landscape architecture in Utah and its affect on our communities. We will showcase a few projects that have helped create amazing spaces dedicated to improving our lives. The beauty and importance of our profession is not only the impact it has on our environment but the impact it has on the people who interact with it every day.

History has shown that the Utah Chapter of ASLA loves and prioritizes opportunities to serve the community. Last year we helped clean up a section of the Jordan River by the Tracy Aviary and had a great turn out. This year for the WLAM service opportunity we will be assisting the Taylorsville Parks and Recreation Committee in their Loving Labrum Park activity. The Parks and Rec Committee have been volunteering nights and weekends to remove an underused portion of grass and create an educational garden of water-wise and native plants. The goal of the project is to inspire residents of Taylorsville to remove their wasteful grass and conserve water by planting native plants at their own homes. We will be planting over 300 plants in a previously underused area of a great park in a wonderful community.

Winter Social

We kicked off 2022 with the Winter Social event on Thursday March 10th. It was really good to meet in-person and catch up with some of our sponsors and members again, we can’t thank you all enough for the support that you provide to the Chapter. For those sponsors and members that weren’t able to make it, we missed you and hopefully we’ll see you in April.